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By dismissing 3 Airbnb cases, city holds up illegal rule

This is the house at 3610 Ansel Circle in Hixson from which Amanda Cobb, a single mom, hopes to derive financial sustenance — if only Chattanooga city government would not be illegally banning her private activity. (Photo Google Maps) The city attorney’s office on Thursday let slip three civil defendants who had offended the city’s […]

Ledford pushes back against open city idea that would result from Title 55 obedience

Darrin Ledford, member of Chattanooga city council, says he wants police to treat people with respect. (Photo David Tulis) City council member Darrin Ledford pushes back against the implications of transportation administrative notice, worried that if people have liberty to travel freely, careless travelers will get away with “drunken driving” and other evils without the […]

Cop-abused business law sparks Red Bank execution of woman

The Red Bank police department uses cruisers like this to chase down private users of the road under the state’s commercial transportation law. (Photo David Tulis) A police chase and slaying of Donna Lynn Allen, 39, in Soddy-Daisy Tuesday highlights the dangers of police departments using business laws to harass non-business users of the public […]

Residents could win huge refund if Gaddy right about Dunlap annex flaw

Steve Darnell, an administrative law judge from the Tennessee department of state, strolls about the old Sequatchie County courthouse prior to hearing a case seeking to overturn 1972 annexation claims by City of Dunlap, a municipal corporation. (Photos David Tulis) Ivan Condra, 84, elected property assessor seven times, served 28 years and is a longtime […]

Police rape case strains council decorum; citizens demand ‘oversight’

City council member Darrin Ledford talks with a city resident Tuesday while, background, council member Ken Smith speaks with Basil Marceaux. (Photos David Tulis) Demetrus Coonrod is the only city council member to have expressed opposition to police violence. Basil Marceaux of Soddy-Daisy gives a five-minute chat regarding his high theories of law and justice […]

Victim of 2-year court battle hounds Dunlap over iffy annexation

Steve Darnell, an administrative judge from the Tennessee secretary of state’s office, goes inside the old courthouse in Sequatchie County to begin a hearing in a battle between a feisty constittionalist and a city government’s sketchy annexation history. (Photo David Tulis) The town of Dunlap settled a two-year fight to inspect or search a private […]

Lawyer strangles deacon; how UPL aborts charity defense for poor

UPL = unlicensed practice of law. It prevents Christian charity in the courts in TN because it forbids nonlawyers such as deacons from assisting and representing poor people facing criminal charges. This ministry is one that Robby Holt and John Tomberlin at North Shore Fellowship and other Christians would like to launch in the next […]

Trickle-down learning for mom; what homeschoolers teach us

These books are those in my stack, some of which wobble on my nightstand. (Photo Joy Cherrick) The more I read, the more children will read, as this son under a grand map. (Photo by Joy Cherrick) Intellectual life shifts from outside work to homeschooling By Joy Cherrick One of the most surprising aspects of […]